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J. W. BUCK.

RAIL JOINT. No. 341,829. Patented May'll, 18 86.

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JULIUS XV. BUCK, OF GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO R. MORFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

RAIL-JOINT.

flL I CIft-ICATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,829, dated May 11, 1886.

Application liled December 16, 1885. Serial No. 185,849. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUS WV. BUCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to' improvements in vrailway-chairs; and thenovelty consists in the construction and combination of parts substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a chair for holding the meeting ends of the rails of a railroad-track securely and firmly together, and which shall dispense with the use' of the ordinary fish-plates and the through bolts and nuts therefor.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a chair with means which shall permit of the expansion and contraction of the rails during the varying states of the weather, and to combine simplicity, strength, durability, and lightness of construction with thorough effectiveness of operation and cheapness of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a railwaychair embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view of the line a: a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line y y of the same figure. Figs. 5 and 6 are de tail perspective views of parts of my improvements.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures, A A designate the rails which meet or abut together at the line 2. B are the ties, and O my improved chair, which is bolted or spiked to the ties, and supports the ends of the rails. The chair consists, essentially, of two parallel side bars, D, located on opposite sides of the foot of the rails, and transverse bars E, secured to the side bars, as hereinafter fully described, and located beneath the ends of the rails, which rest thereon and are supported thereby, as is obvious. The side bars, D, extend from one tie to another, and are secured theretoby means ofspikes d, the heads of which bear on the bars, and the shanks enter the ties, and said side bars are provided with upwardly and forwardly-extendiug flanges d d (Z These flanges or lugs are located on the inner edges of the side bars and at the extremities and middle thereof, the end flanges hearing on and serving to hold the footof the rails to the ties, and the middle flanges, d, bear on the 6X- tremities of the feet of the rails at the line 2, where they abut together. The cross-bars E are located in the spaces bet ween the lugs 01 d, and are arranged on opposite sides of the line z and beneath the rails near the extreme ends thereof. These bars have offsets or shoulders 6 near the edges of the foot of the rail, and the foot of each rail is cut away or notched. as at I), on opposite sides. The offset portion of the cross-bars provide elevated outer ends therefor, which enter the notches in the foot ofthe rail and bear against the edges of the notches, a limited amount of play being left for the expansion and contraction of the rails d u ring the varying stages of the hOllll'JOltlt-lllfl. The elevated outer ends of the cross-bars provided by the offset or shouldered portions thereof rest and bear on the upper faces of the side bars, and the extreme outer ends of the crossbar-s are provided with dowmvardlyextended lips or flanges c, that tit over the outer edges of the side bars, thus providing a firm, strong, and secure connection and hear ing for the rails.

\Vhen a train passes over a track provided with my improved chairs between the ties, the ends of the rails yield uniformly, and thus obviate the serious objection of the ends of the rails becoming battered and worn by the wheels of the train. The flanges d d of the side bars hold the ends of the rails from vertical movement or play, and the shouldered ends of the cross-bars prevent an y longitudinal play of the rails while permitting of the expansion and contraction thereof. The crossbars are held and supported by theside bars; but I do not desire to limit myself to the particular manner of connecting the side and cross bars together.

The cross and side bars of the chair may be made from any suitable metal, and the I CC) cross-bars may be cast in one piece with proper seats for the rails.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the ties, side bars secured to the ties and having the spaced lugs or flanges bearing on the rails, and the crossbars provided with seats for the rails and hav ing their ends fitted between the lugs of the side bars, substantially as described.

2. In a railway-chair, the combination, with the ties, of the rails having the notchcd feet, side bars secured to the ties, and crossbars connected with the side bars and having shoulders that engage the notches in the feet of the rails, substantially as described.

3. A railway-chair comprising side bars having lugs d d" and transverse bars connected with the side bars and arranged between the lugs thereof, substantially as described.

4. A railway-chair comprising side bars adapted to be spiked to the ties and having my own I have hereto affixed my signature'in 3o presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS WV. BUCK.

Witnesses:

R. MAXWELL, CARL BUCK. 

